Learn How to use Trusted Public CAs in Android & iOS Apps to prevent MitM attacks.
This KB article describes how to implement Appdome’s Trust World Wide Public CAs in any Android or iOS app. This feature will designate a list of trusted public CAs to the mobile device’s trust store which will be verified by Appdome when a. mobile app establishes a TLS session with a server.
Mobile devices come with an OEM list of built-in public certificate authorities (CA). However, certificates and CAs can be altered by hackers or installed on devices and apps in malicious ways (without anyone knowing). This makes it hard to know if the list of CAs currently installed on the device can actually be trusted (because they could have been altered). Using Appdome, you can solve this problem. Appdome maintains an up to date list of Public trusted CA(s), which is continuously updated with the various worldwide trusted CA authorities (such as Verisign, Go-Daddy, etc). Appdome inspects certificates and CAs at runtime to ensure that alterations have not been made.
When an SSL/TLS session is initiated with a mobile app, Appdome compares the CAs currently installed on the mobile device against the updated list of trusted CAs that Appdome maintains. If the CAs on the device do not match the trusted CA list maintained by Appdome, the session is dropped.
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Please follow these 3 easy steps
Trust World Wide Public CAs will be automatically enabled on your app
Appdome’s no-code mobile app security platform offers mobile developers, DevSec and security professionals a convenient and reliable way to protect Android and iOS apps. When a user clicks “Build My App,” Appdome leverages a microservice architecture filled with 1000s of security plugins, and an adaptive code generation engine that matches the correct required plugins to the development environment, frameworks, and methods in each app.
Congratulations! You now have a secured mobile app.
After successfully securing your app using Appdome, there are several available options to complete your project, depending on your app lifecycle or workflow. These include:
Or, see this quick reference Releasing Secured Android & iOS Apps built on Appdome.
To learn more you can read this KB article on Appdome Trusted Session.
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